Category Archive: Finance
Learn About Investing: Asset Allocation And Risk And Return
(Video length 00:07:23) Today we take another look at asset allocation and risk and return, except in chart form.
Trump Warning Put These ETFs In Focus
After two consecutive weeks of losses, U.S. stocks regained momentum this week. However, the bullishness seems to be reversing again after Trump warned of a government shutdown if Congress does not fund his proposed border wall with Mexico, in a speech at a rally in Arizona, last night. Trump has requested Congress to approve $1.6 […]
Thoughts On Long-Term Investing
I recently wrote a blog discussing some of the fallacies and myths surrounding “real” long-term investing. You can read the full article here: (Video length 00:07:26)
GBP: Brexit Round 3 Showdown Weighing On GBP; What’s Next? – BTMU
The pound is under pressure, unable to gain ground against the dollar when the greenback is falling. EUR/GBP is getting closer to parity. What’s next? Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: BTMU FX Strategy Research sees some similarities between GBP and USD currently with both currencies languishing to a degree on political uncertainties that are outweighing positive signs […]
On CNBC: Explosive Growth In Chinese Parcel Delivery
I joined CNBC last night to chat about ZTO Express (ZTO) earnings. Emerging markets have had a really rough time over the past few years, due to weak demand from The US and Europe, slower growth in China, weak commodity prices, the threat of populist anti-trade politicians and a host of other issues. But around the beginning of […]
New Home Sales Plunge To Lowest Annualized Pace In Three Years
New home sales plunged to a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of 571,000. That was far lower than even the lowest Econoday economist’s estimate of 590,000. The Econoday consensus was 610,000 in a range of 590,000 to 622,000. Nonetheless, Econoday was happy about a number of things. Overstating weakness, July’s headline for new home sales fell to a […]
What Behavioral Biases Are Messing You Up?
News flash: Your worst enemy isn’t inflation, deflation, a market crash, or whatever other scary financial scenarios you can think of. Rather, we ourselves, in many cases become our own worst enemies. And at any given time, our behavior simply amplifies whatever bad things might be happening around us. The field of behavioral finance has given […]
Transports – Global Bulls Market Needs This Support To Hold
Below looks at the Dow Jones Transports ETF (IYT) that remains in a long-term bull market. IYT broke to new all-time highs seven weeks ago at (1). It stayed at new highs for one week, before selling pressure started taking place. The weakness has it breaking below 18-month rising support last week, which does send a caution […]
Google And Walmart Partner To Offer Voice-Based Shopping
Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) and Walmart (WMT) are coming together to offer customers the ability to purchase Walmart products through a Google Home voice-controlled speaker. Customers will just need to say, “OK, Google,” followed by the product they need to buy. Thereafter, Google will filter and display the products that match the customer’s demand. Image Source: Google (screenshot) […]
HH Using Sectorology In Portfolio Construction
It has been a while since we looked at portfolio construction just using ETFs or mostly ETFs anyway. This is actually one of my favorite forms of ETF analysis, blending together different funds to achieve build a portfolio that hopefully delivers proper diversification and a useful risk adjusted result. The context here is using more […]
